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What US grocery shoppers told FMI about store brands in 2026

Bar chart of FMI 2026 survey results: 94% of shoppers will keep buying store brands if prices fall, 49% bought more private brands last year.
Price got shoppers to try store brands. Almost none of them plan to switch back. Source: FMI, Power of Private Brands 2026, 1,495 US shoppers, March 2026

Four findings from FMI's Power of Private Brands 2026 survey of 1,495 US grocery shoppers. 94% said they would keep buying store brands if grocery prices fall, 49% bought more private brands in the past year against 31% for national brands, and 39% cite quality as a purchase driver. Use it when price is still the only explanation on the table for private label growth.

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US grocery shoppers
Keep buying store brands if prices fall94%
Bought more private brands last year49%
Cite quality as a purchase driver39%
Bought more national brands last year31%

Survey of 1,495 US grocery shoppers, fielded 13 to 18 March 2026, margin of error 2.5 points.

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